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Tool for Building Wire Fences. (open access)

Tool for Building Wire Fences.

Patent for a simple and effective tool used for building wire fences that is "a nail holding and driving device, a measuring attachment, and a wire cutter" (lines 12-14).
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Highsmith, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Making Concrete Monuments. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Making Concrete Monuments.

Patent for "an improved method of and apparatus for making concrete monuments and tombstones" (lines 9-11) and makes harder and sets faster than other methods. The end result is meant to look like polished stone.
Date: June 26, 1894
Creator: Cameron, Neill C.
System: The Portal to Texas History